Chapter 193: Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger

"Hua Changxi!"

Pang Shaoyu brought a team of Embroidered Uniform Guards to change shifts at the artifact refining workshop. As soon as he walked to the street, he saw Hua Changxi standing in the crowd.

He had a deep impression of Hua Changxi. Whether it was the first time they met and she dared to provoke the Embroidered Uniform Guard, or her outstanding medical skills, they were all memorable.

Hearing the call, Hua Changxi turned her head and found that it was Pang Shaoyu: "Pang Battalion Commander, what a coincidence."

As soon as the words fell, the Embroidered Uniform Guard beside Pang Shaoyu hurriedly corrected: "It's Battalion Commander Master."

Hua Changxi was stunned, and then smiled: "Congratulations to Pang Battalion Commander for his promotion."

Pang Shaoyu waved his hand, let the Embroidered Uniform Guards behind him go to change shifts first, and after supporting the people, he smiled bitterly: "My uncle-in-law cannot cultivate anymore. Now he has left the Beizhen Fusi. This Battalion Commander of mine is a compensation from the commander-in-chief, seeing that my uncle-in-law has been loyal and fought for many years."

Hua Changxi listened, her eyes flickered. She wanted to know more about the imperial family situation, so she tested: "Your uncle-in-law's spiritual root is seriously damaged, but it is not impossible to repair."

"Spiritual plants and herbs for repairing spiritual roots are rare, and ordinary people can't get them, but the imperial family definitely has them. Your uncle-in-law, as the Town Fushi of the Beizhen Fusi, has worked hard and made great contributions. It shouldn't be difficult to ask for some treasure medicine, right?"

Hearing this, Pang Shaoyu's face became a bit ugly: "Town Fushi is only a fifth-grade official after all." Although he said so, the expression on his face revealed his resentment in his heart.

In other departments, the fifth-grade official position is indeed not high enough, but the North and South Town Fushi of the Embroidered Uniform Guard are also named by the emperor, and can be counted as powerful ministers who are in the emperor's heart.

Uncle-in-law left the Beizhen Fusi, on the surface because his spiritual root was damaged and he couldn't cultivate. But in fact, it was because the imperial family people set their eyes on the position of Beizhen Fushi.

Uncle-in-law was seriously injured, and no capable physician was arranged to treat him above. If he hadn't found Hua Changxi in time, uncle-in-law would have been consumed to death directly.

The imperial family people wished uncle-in-law would vacate the position quickly, so they would have a legitimate reason to insert other people. Where would they take out treasure medicine to treat uncle-in-law.

His promotion to Battalion Commander was just a compensation measure taken by the commander-in-chief because he didn't want the people below to be too cold-hearted.

Pang Shaoyu thought of his uncle-in-law's instructions, telling him to be sure to befriend Hua Changxi, and took the initiative to reveal: "In the past two years, the imperial family has inserted Chu clan members everywhere. Now every department of the imperial court has their figures. Officials without background support can only vacate positions for them."

Hua Changxi didn't express any opinion on this, but asked: "Are there many cultivators among the imperial family members?"

Pang Shaoyu nodded seriously: "Many. Even if there are not many people born with spiritual roots, the imperial family holds human-seed fruit trees, which can be used to refine rebirth pills, and combined with attribute spiritual pills, can shape acquired spiritual roots."

"Because of the human-seed fruit trees, not only a large batch of imperial family members became cultivators, but the imperial family also networked many high-grade martial artists before. High-grade martial artists were originally powerful in combat, and after embarking on the path of cultivation, their strength surged."

Listening to this, Hua Changxi had a preliminary understanding of the imperial family's powerful foundation. However, genius treasures like human-seed fruit trees would definitely not be supplied wirelessly.

Just when she wanted to ask further, she noticed an "abnormal" middle-aged male cultivator outside the artifact refining workshop.

The reason why he was abnormal was that from the perception of spiritual energy, he was just a Golden Core middle-stage cultivator; but through the Observation Technique, she "saw" a Nascent Soul floating above his Qi Sea.

Pang Shaoyu noticed Hua Changxi's abnormality, looked in the direction of her gaze, and his face suddenly pulled down: "That person is the new Beizhen Fushi who replaced my uncle-in-law, Chu Zhufeng."

Hua Changxi's eyes flickered: "The imperial family is really hidden dragon and crouching tiger." After a pause, "Even the Town Fushi has come, you shouldn't just be here to watch the artifact refining workshop, right?"

Pang Shaoyu wanted to befriend Hua Changxi, but he also knew that if he couldn't come up with corresponding value, others wouldn't pay attention to him.

Hua Changxi's cultivation, he hadn't figured out, but it was certain that her strength was definitely above his.

Stronger than himself, and also knows alchemy, and medical skills are outstanding. To befriend such a person, what he can take out as an Embroidered Uniform Guard to exchange is some information unknown to outsiders.

"The people living in the artifact refining workshop are all blacksmiths passed down from generation to generation. According to our investigation, many of them have obtained artifact refining inheritance after spiritual energy recovery."

"Alchemy, artifact refining, talisman making, array setting, none of them can be learned casually, and wanting to be proficient is even more difficult. The artifact refining workshop has already produced a batch of artifact refiners with good technology. Those people are all talented treasures, and the imperial family naturally wants to recruit them for their own use."

"Part of our Embroidered Uniform Guard's task is to be responsible for registering and investigating those artifact refiners one by one."

Speaking of this, Pang Shaoyu's voice lowered a bit: "The reason why Chu Zhufeng came in person is because he wants to secretly find the descendant of the Artifact Saint Palace."

"The Fusang Divine Tree only flashed a few times, which led to a surge in spiritual energy around the artifact refining workshop, so that countless fire spiritual root cultivators took the opportunity to break through. You can imagine that after the holy land opens, it will definitely be an excellent cultivation holy land that is unmatched."

"In this regard, not only the imperial court wishes to take it as its own, but other powerful families are also jealous."

Pang Shaoyu looked at Hua Changxi and suddenly said: "You are here to see your father and brother today, right?"

Hua Changxi: "Do you know my father and brother?"

Pang Shaoyu smiled: "I am an Embroidered Uniform Guard, collecting information is the most basic means of survival. We have also dealt with each other a few times, and I won't hide it from you. Privately, I have investigated your family's situation."

"When the Embroidered Uniform Guard comes here to perform tasks, they have to deal with the Demon-Suppressing Army and the Six Doors. I have met your father and brother, and recognized them."

Hua Changxi listened and didn't say anything.

Pang Shaoyu was worried that she would be angry, and made up: "The situation here in the artifact refining workshop is very complicated, all parties are deploying, you have to remind your father and brother, let them not rush forward in everything, lest they be used as pawns, and lose their lives without knowing how it happened."

Hua Changxi: "Thank you for your reminder, I will."

Just when Pang Shaoyu wanted to say something else, Hua Minghe and Hua Dalang, who saw Hua Changxi, came over together.

"Jiuniang!"

"Father, brother."

As soon as Hua Minghe and Hua Dalang approached, Hua Changxi just called out to the two, and Pang Shaoyu smiled and stepped forward to see the ceremony and introduce himself.

"I am Pang Shaoyu, Battalion Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, a friend of Pavilion Master Hua. In the future, if Father Hua and Brother Hua have anything to use me for, please don't be polite."

"I won't disturb your conversation, I'll go first."

Pang Shaoyu did enough low-profile posture to befriend, which made Hua Minghe and Hua Dalang a bit surprised. Both of them had dealt with the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Every time they contacted, the eyes of the Embroidered Uniform Guard were on the top of their heads. Where would they be so polite and friendly.

After Pang Shaoyu left, the father and son looked at Hua Changxi, and there were different emotions in their eyes.

At this time, Hua Changxi was wearing the red dharma robe refined by Tong Yao, and the whole person looked both heroic and capable and flamboyant and eye-catching. Standing in the crowd, it could be said to be standing out from the crowd, making it difficult to ignore. ===== CHAPTER 194 =====